Rosemary Collins
Features Editor
Rosemary Collins is the Features Editor for Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine.
Recent articles by Rosemary Collins
Fanny Cradock and Terence Rattigan revealed among London Library members in new online records
70,000 London Library membership records are now available in a new free database
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The best genealogy courses available now
Discover how to learn family history skills with our pick of the best online and correspondence genealogy courses
“Found the beds empty”: Letter reporting lighthouse keepers’ mysterious 1900 disappearance to go on display for the first time
The letter will feature in a National Records of Scotland exhibition
‘Bechdel Test for history’ announced as research shows 81% of history textbooks focus on men
'The Parity Principle' will measure women's representation in historic texts
"They're not thinking about the victim in all this": Amy Dowden discovers shocking death of a teenage girl in her family history
Amy Dowden discovered a shocking death in her family history on Who Do You Think You Are?
Zoe Ball is moved to tears discovering the poignant story of her grandmother’s mental illness on Who Do You Think You Are?
Catch up on Zoe Ball's heartbreaking episode of Who Do You Think You Are?
When is Who Do You Think You Are? next on TV?
When is Who Do You Think You Are? next on TV, and who will appear on it? We answer your questions about the popular family history TV show
Children of the Blitz: What is it and when is it on TV?
New BBC Two documentary Children of the Blitz captures the voices of the last survivors of the Blitz
From Brendan O'Carroll to Boy George, celebrities with incredible tales of Irish history in their family trees
Five of the most incredible tales of Irish family history from Who Do You Think You Are?
"Historic moment" as Ireland's first census is opened to the public online
The long-awaited 1926 Irish census is now free to search online
What is a second cousin? Cousin relationships explained
Find out what a second cousin is, what people mean by 'removed' and how to work out cousin relationships with our chart
Is Miranda Priestly based on Anna Wintour? Maybe - but Anna Wintour and Meryl Streep are definitely related
Ahead of the release of The Devil Wears Prada 2, Ancestry has revealed a surprising connection between Anna Wintour and Meryl Streep
MPs call for apology to mothers who suffered ‘unimaginable trauma’ of forced adoption
The House of Commons Education Committee has published a new report into the practice of forced adoption
Will of pioneering 18th-century businesswoman is among millions of historic Yorkshire records now released online
Family history website Ancestry has digitised the Prerogative Court of York records
How to find Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills
Margaret McGregor explains how to find Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PCC) wills for family history research
Toby Jones and Zoe Ball among celebs to uncover family secrets as new series of Who Do You Think You Are? offers "social history that brings us all together"
A new line-up of eight celebrities, including Toby Jones, Zoe Ball and Amy Dowden will trace their family history in the 2026 series of Who Do You Think You Are?
Your chance to save a historic newspaper for just £10
Historic Newspapers is selling off its 1910-1930 stock before removing it from circulation
Lucy Worsley investigates her family history in new podcast
Lucy Worsley will trace her grandmother's life in a new podcast from Findmypast
Four billion historic records are free to access for International Women’s Day
Ancestry is offering free access to record sets including census records, First World War pensions and old newspapers
“My ‘methodology’ was a series of errors”: Gemini generates false records and fake screenshots of TNA website
The Gemini LLM generated fake records and screenshots when Lyn James asked it for help tracing Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills
What is Alice Roberts: Our Hospital Through Time?
Professor Alice Roberts investigates the history of one of Britain's oldest hospitals in a new TV series
10 of the weirdest names in history
Some of the weirdest names we've found in family history records
Five million East Riding of Yorkshire family history records go online
Ancestry has added nearly five million parish records